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Deese defends Paris deal days ahead of signing

President Obama's senior adviser on climate change moved last week to defend the Paris climate agreement from a wide range of critics, including those who say it threatens the U.S. economy and those who describe it as insufficient in the face of dangerous global warming.

The Trump administration's bid to limit which wetlands and streams are covered by the Clean Water Act is backed by an analysis that assumes many states will boost regulations as federal oversight retreats. But state regulators and environmental experts say closing that gap will be all but impossible.

The Trump administration's bid to limit which wetlands and streams are covered by the Clean Water Act is backed by an analysis that assumes many states will boost regulations as federal oversight retreats. But state regulators and environmental experts say closing that gap will be all but impossible.